Undertale Plays D&D

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Masterpost

This is a pinned post about the rules, some FAQs and will eventually contain links for stuff, subject to frequent change.

This is a side blog for my main blog, @beryllineart, if you want to check that out.

Asks are... Open.

General Info you might want to know

You can ask Dungeon Master Flowey questions. Eventually I might give the other characters a chance to answer stuff, but assume that your questions will be answered by Flowey (or by me sometimes).

The players are Sans, Papyrus, Alphys, Frisk, and Undyne. Alphys is the only one who has played D&D before.

The gang is playing 2014 5e Dungeons and Dragons.

The story is influenced by literal dice rolls. Since part of it is in comic form you might not see all of the rolls, but I'll be taking notes and acting in accordance with the dice gods' decisions.

I've never played D&D before, but I am a big fan. Still, I might get some things wrong. Sorry in advance!

Because this is an original campaign it will take me a while to get started. However, both Flowey and I are willing to discuss stuff about the world and people and small, non-spoilery elements of the story.

Finally, I am just one person. Asks might take a while, pages might be delayed... please be patient.

I dunno, I'll put some links here eventually when there's more stuff.

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You know all the "Papyrus is the knight" theories? Well, in honor of Deltarune coming out today, I'm sharing my little jokey headcanon that Papyrus is, in fact, the DM of a Dungeons and Dragons game I've been calling D&DRune.

Frisk is Kris, of course, Flowey's character is Ralsei, and Undyne's character is Susie. (In fact, I kind of based Vida's design off of Susie... Dragonborn barbarian? Undyne definitely has a favorite type of character to play.)

Deltarune has all the insanities of a D&D game, and it's fun to think of reasons for why things happen in Deltarune. Like, maybe Undyne joined the game later or wasn't sure she would be a permanent part of the campaign, which is why Susie is an enemy for a little while. And the reason Rouxls Kaard's puzzles are so simple is because of D&D players' tendencies to get stuck behind an unlocked door, which Papyrus learned the hard way.

Also, I came up with a way that Papyrus would have used cards to make a unique battle mechanic for the Jevil fight, which he would have had a blast figuring out. Definitely a homebrew user.

So yeah. Deltarune is just a Dungeons and Dragons game being played by Undertale characters, and Papyrus is the dungeon master pulling the strings. So... I guess you could say Papyrus is the knight!

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Party Height Chart

Here are the heights of the characters. This will be useful to me because I have got to draw these characters consistently. Yay, they all have unique silhouettes (kinda)!

I need to practice drawing these guys (and all the different D&D races).

Here are the character sheets if you want more info on these guys. Vida, Trix, Rune, Cursive, and Kit.

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Frisk's Character: Khethra Brightriver

Oh my gosh, Frisk's rolls... their stats are so broken. It's not my fault! I did make sure they prioritized charisma because... well, even though they are technically a cleric, they will be playing like a bard. They've already failed and succeeded with Charisma checks for flirting (they were trying to get free stuff).

So, the in-universe reason Frisk chose cleric and not bard is because they are an accident prone kid, and Toriel is always patching them up with healing magic. As Kit, they get to heal others like Toriel heals them. The real reason Frisk is a cleric and not bard is because 1) bard belongs to me. When I play a bard, it's going to be my faceless cinnamon roll, not some fictional character's character. And 2) I compose music. I would get too caught up trying to compose music for that bard to play and I just... I don't want to put in all that effort.

Kit is the most complicated looking (costume-wise) and I'm just encouraging Frisk's main character syndrome. They look a lot like a paladin, but their overcoat thing helps them look more cleric-y, and I actually really like it. I like how Kit looks the most prepared for a fight, but Frisk would most likely try to stick with their pacifist ways. It's a stylistic choice that says something about the ability to be anything, and how your choices are going to matter more than what people think your choices will be. I don't know what I'm talking about, it's 2:30 in the morning, I should go to bed.

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Happy B-day Cursive!

Also, Happy National Handwriting Day! (January 23rd)

Years ago, Cursive got a pet rabbit as a birthday present. That rabbit inspired Cursive to become a magician when he grew up, and rabbits have always been his favorite animal. I have no idea how big an average rabbit would look next to a halfling, so the sizing is probably wrong. Ah well.

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Papyrus's Character: Rune

Did I give Rune leather armor purely because I had already drawn him with a leather vest in the past? Maybe. Also, I'm convinced Papyrus would be the artist of the group.

Okay, so Roman was my first choice for name for this character, but it just felt too weird to me for Papyrus to name his character after his dead uncle (pfft, I don't even know if Uncle Gaster is canon in this universe). Rune is a wonderful name though, and it is well fitting for a D&D/Undertale skeleton. Cursive and runes are a lot more old fashioned than computer fonts.

Considering how hard Papyrus's face is to draw, I'm glad his character has a pumpkin for a head. Boy, I have plans for this character and his pumpkin head. Basing Rune off of the Headless Horseman gives the basic human fighter a wonderful twist that I am looking forward to playing. And to think, this was originally just his Halloween costume!

Dungeons and Dragons (and the character sheets) belong to WotC, Undertale belongs to Toby Fox.

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Is your birthday January 23, Cursive? It’d work pretty well as your signature holiday!

Also, did you know May 9th is national letter magnet day? That’s my second pic.

This obscure holiday doesn’t attract much attention either, and I’m sure it puts some people to ZZZs, but I think you’d think it’s in Alpha tier.

If I got both wrong… well. C you later alligator.

Yep! January 23rd is National Handwriting Day, which is Cursive's birthday. Also, it's written as 1/23, which is exactly the sort of date a lazybones like Sans would choose for his character's birthday, so I honestly was just hitting two birds with one stone.

I did not know about Letter Magnet Day, though my mom might. I'll have to keep that in mind. Also, I think Cursive might have a new catchphrase now.

Because you got it right, I'll do a drawing request or put you/an oc in the campaign, depending on what you want. Let me know what you want!

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January 10th is Peculiar People Day. As a weirdo from a weird family, celebrating this holiday is so easy for me. Embrace your strangeness today!

Guys, Cursive has great stories to tell! This is a guy who turned his brother's head into a pumpkin, and that's not even the weirdest thing that has happened to him! (Just kidding, it is, but still.) So please, ask stuff! You could ask about other skeletons, about his background, about the world he's in, and pretty much whatever. Here's his character sheet if you need ideas of what to ask him about.

Also, if someone can guess the date and holiday of Cursive's birthday, I will do either a drawing request or find some way to put them (or their oc) in the campaign as an NPC, depending on what you want.

I swear I've been working on the first session, and I've already rolled the first nat 20 (with amusing results). Basically the only reason I haven't started drawing the comic is because Frisk's character wears scale mail. Do you know how hard it is to draw/design armor?

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Puppets

So, my brother is going to help me out with the first session because he's actually DM'd before, so I made these so he knows which character I'm pretending to be. (He gets the Flowey puppet for himself.)

The nice thing is that this will also help me with figuring out the talksprites, because I literally did not know what Frisk looked like before making these puppets.

Looking forward to having some DnD fun with my brother soon!

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Great News!

Guys, I am so excited, you have no idea. I just need to finish Papyrus and Frisk's character sheets and then I'll begin roleplay. After the first session, I'll start drawing the comic (and planning more sessions.)

And while you guys are waiting for the campaign to start, I'll have a few introductory comics, little things that will give a bit of context of life on the Surface and hopefully help me solidify an art style. I've got a couple of ideas, not sure which ones I'll do yet, but I'm thinking about it. And of course, you can ask me or Flowey anything!

I had Papyrus and Frisk's character sheets half done, but technology made them accidentally delete, so I have to redo that... sigh.

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Have a Bad Day Day

Tamal (the antler headed guy) is my personal DnD character. I put him there instead of Frisk's character because I haven't finalized their design (or their backstory) yet, and Tamal has definitely had some bad days. He's a sweet little cinnamon roll though.

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Sans's Character: Cursive

Heh, every time I draw the Sans of this universe his hood gets just a little bit fluffier. Soon it will take over and he'll just be a little floof-ball. Man, with no one else around, you can't tell how short Cursive is.

The first appearance of my "living skeleton modifier" homebrew! I literally looked up what percentage of a human's weight was the skeleton so I could put down a good weight for Cursive (though I doubled it to make the bones denser and less brittle because I didn't want living skeletons to be weak to bludgeoning damage like D&D skeletons are, it's a whole thing, you probably don't want to hear it). Plus I gave him "undead similarities" which is beneficial, but I really should figure out some sort of weakness skeletons have because it's no fun to have someone be too awesome just because you wanted an aesthetic change. Maybe I can give a weakness to radiant damage or turn undead?

Sans's laziness and love of practical jokes made it a lot easier for me to choose what spells are in his spellbook. He doesn't have a lot of offensive spells though... but he's definitely prepared ways to avoid a fight.

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Alphys's Character: Trix Fireforge

Alphys's dwarven artificer. I've decided that when she reaches level 3 she will choose the battle smith specialty, purely because she gains a steel defender. You get to choose what it looks like, and I have a certain rectangle in mind...

Alphys's first character was a tabaxi based off of Mew Mew Kissy Cutie, and she's got a million characters that she's never played. Looking at the spells and stuff I've given her, it looks like she's going to support and buff the other characters more than do her own fighting. It doesn't help that she rolled almost all 11s for her stats.

Dungeons and Dragons (and the character sheets) belong to WotC, Undertale belongs to Toby Fox.

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Height Comparison

Ok, it is just so funny to me how short halflings are. I usually draw Sans and Alphys the same(ish) height, which is about Papyrus's shoulder height. Pretty short, but not too bad.

But then you compare Alphys's character Trix the dwarf to Sans's character, the halfling size Cursive, and there's about six inches of difference between the two.

And this is just the halfling next to the dwarf! Trix is half of Vida's height herself, so put the 3 and a half foot halfling with the nearly 7 foot dragonborn and...

Just imagine Vida putting Cursive down and him running with his little legs to catch up. He's so small.

Realistically I think Sans would be closer to dwarf height, but personality-wise he shares a lot of traits with halflings. But my goodness, I am going to have so much fun drawing this party with their size differences.

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Undyne's Character: Vida the Mighty

Yeah, you're gonna want to click on the images to make them bigger.

Here are the character sheets for Undyne's dragonborn barbarian. I think this was the best character for me to do first, since barbarians don't use spells at all. Alphys's artificer is... a lot more complicated.

Am I supposed to credit Wizards of the Coast for the official character sheets? Um, consider them credited, I guess? And Undertale belongs to Toby Fox.

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False Hydra

I actually made a little song inspired by the false hydra.

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